Lost and Found

chapter 2

 My eyelids flash open as I look around, not moving a single muscle. I don't see anyone, so I quickly flip to my stomach and whip my head around taking in my surroundings. I see no one, just the same serene view I was looking at 10 mins ago when I laid back.

    "don't be scared." 

There it is again. "What the f**k is going on" I think. Then I hear her again.

    "You are not crazy, I know this is scary, but please try to stay calm. There is much you don't know."

I stand up and take off running for the trees. I fly past the tree line heading anywhere but here. I take off through the brush, jumping over roots. I look back and see no one following me, I don't know who would be but even though I didn't see them I know I heard them. I am running faster then I ever have before, I don't know if its the fear driving me but I slowly start to calm down. As I dodge low hanging branches I maintain my speed, I start to feel a sense of freedom as I keep moving. I don't know who that was or how they were able to sneak up on me, but I am sure they aren't following me now. There is no way they could be silently running with me. 

    "Run all you want, but I'm not going anywhere. I am in you, with you." 

I stop dead in my tracks. I haven't even broken a sweat. "What the f**k does that mean?" I mutter, looking around. Still not seeing anyone I'm starting to think that no one is following, But how else could I be hearing someone. I know I heard someone. Oh s**t am I  crazy? Was there some kind of genetic abnormality that was passed down, oh my god! I wouldn't even know, just something sitting beneath the surface waiting to emerge. 

    "You are not crazy. I know this is strange but I will explain everything. Just keep an open mind and we will figure this out."

    "We?? Jesus I am crazy. I got a split personality or something. Wait would I be aware of it? I think they usually don't know about each other. right? I don't know...I..." I cant even finish my thought, the confusion clouding my thoughts. 

"Ok I am trying to be gentle but I should have known better. Look you are a werewolf. I am your wolf, I have been with you for a long time but I could not communicate with you until you turned 18, when you would then have the ability to fully shift."

    "Werewolf? Oh my god I really am losing my mind, I am crazy. What the hell is wrong with me?" This must be like that movie split, he had some beast like character that was nuts, and he was kinda hot.

    "Umm excuse me but, he ate people! maybe you are a little crazy for being into a cannibal."

    "I didn't say I would do him or anything, just that he was in pretty good shape and strong, he was kinda intense. I can appreciate him from a distance."

    "Girl no! we gotta work on your taste in men. A cannibal and an abusive drug dealer. Our mate will be so much better then that."

I catch myself, holy s**t I am having a conversation with someone else in my head. This doesn't make any sense. 

    "And we were doing so well for a minute. Let me break it down for you, just sit and listen. You are werewolf. You have the ability to change into a wolf and when you do that's when you get to see me. So in a way you do kind of have a split personality as there is another being here with you. If that helps you understand. You would have inherited this ability from your parents whom would have been wolves too. Wolves age faster then people so I only came to you when you were around 13, from there on I could see what you see and feel what you feel."

I sit on the forest floor in silence as I listen to the voice break it down for me. I don't even know what to say. How is any of this possible. Nothing makes sense.

"Your right. It doesn't make sense." she responds to my thoughts. "The world you live in is not all it seems. There is so much more that must be kept from humans. This world is full of more magic then you can see. Think about it, looking back didn't you find it strange that every cut or bruise took hours to heal instead of days? When your that foster dad Brian broke your rib, it was healed in 4 days, doesn't that seem a little strange?

    "How do you know about that? I haven't told anyone what he did. I don't even know if it was really broken. It could have been a bruise or something."

    "No honey, the rib was busted. I healed that and I know because I was there when it happened. What about how fast you have always been. Have you ever lost a race?"

    "No.....but I haven't been in a race since I was a kid and I don't know, someone has got to be the fastest. Why not me?"

    "Stop lying to yourself. You know its more then that. You can feel what I'm saying is right, this is why you have felt so strange today. You knew something was coming, I was coming. The barrier between us opens at the exact minute you turn 18."

I just sit in silence. Soaking in everything she is saying. It is all so crazy, but for some reason I do feel like what she is saying is right. How can it be though? how is it possible?

    "I know all of this is scary. I just need you to be open and I will explain everything to the best of my abilities."

    "Ok, open." I say letting out my breath that I didn't even realize I had been holding. Right when I say open I heard a click, come from my chest. I look down and see the heart necklace I have has opened up revealing a locket. Why had I not known it was a locket? why would it open now. I look down and I see a picture of a black moon on one side with a wolf howling at it, and an inscription on the other "We will see each other again. We love you more then you could know- M & D" What the f**k is that supposed to mean.  Ummm if I was loved then I wouldn't have been tossed out like trash. "M&D" who is that? 

    "You don't know the circumstances. Maybe there was something bigger at play. Maybe mom and dad?" The voice asks. 

    "No. I have gone through the whole; maybe they love me and are out there looking for me, phase. If they had cared they would have left a letter or tried to get me back. Left a trail I could follow to bring me back to them. No. I got over that fantasy a long time ago."

    "They did leave a note. They gave you the locket, knowing you would open it eventually. Maybe that's the way to them. Black moon."

    "Black moon? Does that mean something to you?"

    "Yes, its a pack. That might be where we are from, we need to get back there."

    "Do you know how to get there?"

    "Yes. its pretty far. We are gonna need to catch a flight or maybe a bus. "

    "How do you know where it is? If you have been with me the whole time, wouldn't you only know what I know?"

    "Yes, and no. You see wolves are reborn, the moon goddess herself hand picks which wolf will be with which person. The same way she picks each mate for the wolf. That's why she waits until you reach the age of 13, to see what kind of wolf you will become."

    "Moon goddess? is that like our deity? Mate? that's the second time you have mentioned it. What's that?

    "Yes, she is our goddess. Our mate is perfect, he is....I guess you could call him our soulmate. When we find him there is a need to have him and stay close, you will make each other stronger, smarter, better. He will be the beginning and the end of us." 

    "Is this like that twilight imprinting thing?"

    "No, it is not some dumb movie about shiny vampires.  Our mate will love us at a depth no human mind could comprehend." She says, trying to hold back the frustration in her voice. 

    "Sorry, I just don't have anything to compare this stuff to, just movies I guess and I'm not really getting an American werewolf in London vibe." I can feel her annoyance rising as she is trying to maintain her patience. I decide to change the subject. "So how do you know where this Black moon pack is?

    "Being reborn we still retain some knowledge from our past lives, things that would be pertinent. Some packs do die out or are pillaged, so sometimes things can be a little different. Black moon pack is pretty big and has been around a long time so I don't imagine they would be gone. I'm confident I know where they are. It will be difficult to get in, they will view us as a rogue and will think we are a threat until they can figure out what's going on?"

    "Rouge?"  I ask. 

    "The loan wolves that don't have packs. When wolves betray their alphas or break rules they are banished to the life of a rouge. Some wolves do choose to leave but its not some thing to be taken lightly. Rouges have no respect or loyalty, they cant be trusted and will kill you without a second thought. Typically rouges are to be killed on sight."

    "So wouldn't we technically be rouges? we don't have a pack, how will we even get to the pack if they want to kill us?"

    "We will have to be patient. Let them know we are not a threat and hope they let us speak with the Alpha. That's the only way we will get answers about the locket."

    "Hope? and I guess HOPE they don't kill us?"

    "Yea pretty much. I have faith. Your parents wouldn't send us to the pack if they were going to kill us. I'm guessing this their pack."

    "We don't even know if my parents gave me the locket. M & D could mean anything."

    "Maybe, but maybe its mom and dad. That's what I think. It makes the most sense to me."

    I take a big breathe and exhale slowly. This is so much information to take in. My parents could be out there waiting for me. I am a supernatural creature that I didn't believe existed, and I need to go across country alone to a pack of more supernatural creatures, that might just kill me. I feel like I have a million more questions but I have no idea where to start. 

    "I know this is a lot. You are doing really well. At this point I don't think we should waste anytime. We need to get to the pack and get answers."

 I nod in agreement. I guess this has been a long time coming, I don't really have any reason to stay here. I pick my self off the forest floor, wiping the dirt off my pants and make my way out of the woods. Good thing my things are already packed. As I'm walking towards my foster parents house I think of one more question. 

    "What do I call you?" I ask

    "My name is Amaris"  She responds simply.